Man Accused of Using Hammer, Knife to Vandalize NYPD Vehicles

NYPD officers arrested a 22-year-old man who allegedly vandalized nearly a dozen police vehicles outside a Queens precinct, slashing tires and shattering windows.

Nov. 13, 2025

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What to know

• NYPD arrested a 22-year-old man for allegedly vandalizing 11 police vehicles with a knife and hammer outside the 116th Precinct stationhouse in Queens.

• Surveillance footage showed the suspect exiting a silver Lexus and slashing tires and smashing windows before police traced the vehicle’s license plate to him.

• He is charged with reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, and weapons possession.

By Thomas Tracy

Source New York Daily News

A Lexus-driving suspect has been arrested for using a knife and hammer to vandalize 11 NYPD vehicles outside a Queens precinct stationhouse, police said Thursday.

Christian Genwright, 22, was nabbed late Tuesday for the tire-slashing and car window-bashing blitz outside the 116th Precinct stationhouse in Rosedale. He is charged with reckless endangerment, 11 counts of criminal mischief and two counts of weapons possession.

Genwright was caught on surveillance footage stepping out of a silver Lexus before he slashed the tires of the police cruisers with a knife near North Conduit Ave. and 244th St. around 11:15 p.m. Monday, police say.

He also allegedly smashed the car windows with a hammer. Some of the vehicles were marked and some unmarked.

Tracking surveillance footage, police got a good look at the Lexus’ license plate, which was registered to Genwright, cops said.

The suspect lives in Valley Stream, L.I., police said. He was released without bail following his arraignment in Queens Criminal Court late Wednesday.

The new $105 million 116th Precinct stationhouse opened in December 2024 as Mayor Adams and the NYPD hailed the first newly designated NYPD precinct in more than 10 years.

The precinct covers parts of Rosedale, Springfield Gardens, Brookville and Laurelton that were previously within the jurisdiction of the 105th and 113th precincts.

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